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Hospice Care Plus, Inc. (HCP) is a non-profit organization located in Berea, Kentucky, that has provided quality end-of-life care to residents in our community since 1981.

Hospice of the Bluegrass, located in Lexington, Ky., is a private nonprofit organization serving more than 600 terminally ill patients daily in more than 20 central, southeastern and northern Kentucky counties. Established in 1978, Hospice of the Bluegrass is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and certified by Medicare and Medicaid. It offers support and bereavement services to family members and caregivers. It offers a variety of services, such as home care, nursing home care, pediatric programs, grief education and support services. Its team consists of physicians, nurses, certified nursing assistants, social workers, bereavement counselors, chaplains and trained volunteers. Hospice of the Bluegrass offers a palliative medicine fellowship program in partnership with Kentucky Medical Center. Additionally, it provides courses in palliative medicine.

Established in 1978, Hospice of the Bluegrass provides hospice and palliative care to more than 800 terminally ill patients and their families. It is approved by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified firm. The firm employs home health care aides who offer personal care assistance with grooming, bathing and dressing. Its staff also includes physicians, nurses, chaplains, dentists, and speech, physical and occupational therapists. In addition, the firm provides support and bereavement services. With a location in Frankfort, Ky., it offers a pediatric care program that treats patients suffering from cancer, AIDS, neuromuscular diseases, respiratory and neurodegenerative disorders. The firm has other branches in Lexington, Fort Thomas, Hazard, Harlan, Nicholasville and Cynthiana, Ky.